> Click here to visit the multi-national Asia Society website
The Asia Society
Offices, Cafe, Shop and Museum in NYC
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
212 288-6400
> Click here to visit the Korean Cultural Center New York
The Korean Cultural Center NY lives through the many artists and academics from Korea and serves as a platform to globally promote our arts and culture. We strive to offer the creative public a place of encounter, experience and knowledge in the world’s capital of media and culture, New York City. 460 Park Avenue (57th Street), New York, NY 10022
Episcopal Asian American Ministry, as described by
the churchwide office of The Episcopal Church.
The Episcopal Asian American Ministry (EAM) connects people and resources on evangelism and mission, church growth and revitalization, racial justice and reconciliation.
Congregational - EAM assists dioceses in starting new congregations and strengthening existing ones.
Advocacy – The EAM Network advocates for Asian empowerment at all levels of the church life and work.
Support – EAM supports seminarians, women, youth and clergy vocations.
Training – EAM collaborates in training and developing creative resources for ministry of all the baptized.
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Recommended by the Rev. Dr. Winfred (Fred) B. Vergara:
Asian American Christianity, A Reader
Edited By Viji Nakka Cammauf, PhD, and Timothy Tseng, PhD
351 pages
Copyright by the
Institute for the Study of Asian American Christianity (ISAAC)
6001 Castlebrook Drive
Castro Valley, CA 94552
http://isaacweb.org/
and Pacific Asian American and Canadian Christian Education (PAACCE)
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Statistics about the number and percentage of Asians & Pacific Islanders within the area served by the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island.
Kings County: 227,000, 9% of Kings Cty population of 2,509K
Queens: 478,000, 21% of Queens population of 2,255K
Nassau: 92,000, 7% of Nassau population of 1,326K
Suffolk: 51,000, 3% of Suffolk population of 1,490K
http://factfinder.census.gove/servlet
- Web link and information provided by
the Rev. Debra L. Low-Skinner and Don, her husband, who is an urban planner.
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Sunday Styles section, Page 12:
"The term Asian, as defined by the Census Bureau, encompasses a broad group of people who trace their origins to the Far East, Southeast Asia or the Indian subcontinent, including countries like Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands and Vietnam.
(The Pew Research Center also includes Pacific Islanders.)
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